Rodney Tention

Rodney Ellis Tention (born May 27, 1963) is an American basketball coach who currently serves as the head coach at Palo Alto High School.[1]

Rodney Tention
Tention as assistant coach for Stanford in 2010.
Biographical details
Born (1963-05-27) May 27, 1963
Columbus, Ohio
Playing career
1983–1984Air Force
1984–1985Grossmont CC
1986–1988San Francisco
Position(s)Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1989Skyline CC (assistant)
1989–1991South Florida (assistant)
1991–1994College of Notre Dame (assistant)
1994–1997College of Notre Dame
1997–2005Arizona (assistant)
2005–2008Loyola Marymount
2008–2011Stanford (assistant)
2011–2015San Diego (assistant)
2015–2017San Jose State (assistant)
2018–presentPalo Alto HS
Head coaching record
Overall48–123 (.281)

Tention was formerly the head men's basketball coach at the College of Notre Dame and Loyola Marymount University. He then served an assistant at Stanford University under head coach Johnny Dawkins for three years, at San Diego under Bill Grier for five, and at San Jose State under Dave Wojcik for two. Following Wojcik's resignation, Tention became interim head coach of San Jose State on July 11, 2017.[2] He held this position while the school performed its search, eventually hiring Jean Prioleau.[3]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
College of Notre Dame Argonauts[4] (Northern California Athletic Conference) (1994–1997)
1994–95 College of Notre Dame 8–186–8
1995–96 College of Notre Dame 4–221–13
1996–97 College of Notre Dame 6–202–12
College of Notre Dame: 18–60 (.231)9–33 (.214)
Loyola Marymount Lions (West Coast Conference) (2005–2008)
2005–06 Loyola Marymount 12–188–63rd
2006–07 Loyola Marymount 13–195–96th
2007–08 Loyola Marymount 5–262–128th
Loyola Marymount: 30–63 (.323)15–27 (.357)
Total:48–123 (.281)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. Sabedra, Darren (May 10, 2018). "Basketball: Rodney Tention takes over as Palo Alto High's coach". The Mercury News. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  2. "Men's Basketball Head Coach Dave Wojcik Resigns". San José State University Athletics. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  3. "Jean Prioleau named San Jose State University men's basketball head coach". San Jose State Spartans. August 4, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  4. 2005-06 Loyola Marymount media guide, p. 41.


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